Blogs about Integrative Movement

So the other night I was thinking about how the body moves because, well, I guess I had nothing more interesting to think about. Actually, that’s not entirely true. When you think about what has to happen to produce good movement, it becomes a very interesting topic to fellow nerds like me. Take walking for instance.

People have a misconception of what exercise is---and it doesn't necessarily happen in a gym or with fancy equipment or with wearing expensive workout clothes. Thank GOODNESS our bodies really aren't very smart. Our bodies don't really know whether we are lifting weights at an expensive gym (while taking selfies) or if we are putting away groceries. It only knows that it is working against force.

Back in the day when I was growing up, if you wanted good posture you would walk around with a book on your head. I suppose that the longer you walked around without the book falling then the better your posture was getting. Ahhh, life was so simple back then. Science wise I don’t think they were too far off. Certainly practicing good posture can lead to good posture and better posture leads to better movement, less muscular stress and reduced injuries.